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Wed 24th Jan 2024 07:25

My goddess

by Lucens

Diche, Radiant one, Golden goddess
The goddess of light and the sun (including the dawn and dusk)
She’s also tied to honorable combat and war. Her light is often seen as a beacon of hope in battle yet destructive to her enemies.
 
Her symbol is of a hand holding golden light resembling that of the sun, her holy symbols were always made of gold and would shine softly when touched by sunlight.
She appeared as a beautiful, blonde, often winged, human woman with, of course, a radiant smile
Diche would also assume the appearance of a woman with a white lion head and golden mane, made of sunlight.
 
She worried about events on the material plane and sought to understand other deities of the sun. She was known to have great pride but also great gentleness
 
She made her home in Mercuria, the second layer of Mount Celestia. The realm is called “Radiant Dawn”, and is a land of eternal soft sunlight with no shadows cast anywhere. It is soothing, and sometimes even sleep-inducing, and all secret and illegal activities failed.
 
Her worshipers are called the “Dawn Touched”
One of her most holy days is the summer solstice. Her followers often pray to her during the first rays of dawn, they believe this to be the most special kind of sunlight. Most of Diche’s ceremonies were held at dawn, and actions and contracts agreed to at sunrise were said to be blessed by her.
Worshipers of the Golden Goddess were avid magic users. All manner of spellcasters were included in the hierarchy of Diche's church.
 
"I shall let all who dwell in the dark feel your holy dawn, Radiant one. Hear my prayer."
— A basic prayer to Diche
 
Diche, mother of Lucens, came to him in dreams and declared: “When you run to the light, shadows are cast behind you. You need to be ready, son, be the light that pierces the clouds, be the hope of a new dawn”